Improvement in abdominal supporters



EL LA M. HOLTON. ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS 71 Patented Nov. 7, 1876.

INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLA MOODY HOLTON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT lN ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,153, dated November7, 1876; application filed October 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA MOODY HOLTON, of Jackson, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Abdominal Supporters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon,'which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to the class of support ers which are made to adaptthemselves to the varying shape and size of the abdomen by means ofelastic gores and lacings; and the improvement consists in theemployment of extension-pieces, by means of which the size of thesupporter can be greatly varied, as well as the novel arrangement of theparts.

Figure 1 is a front and side view of my supporter, and Fig. 2 a view ofthe back and side.

It is made in three pieces, the front piece D, and two back pieces, E E.These are joined together by lacings at the middle of the back and atthe sides. The front piece I) is made of one piece, and fitted to thefigure, so as to support the base of the abdomen by means of the darts(3, located one on each side. These gather in the bottom, and give theproper roundness and fullness. It is provided on both sides withextension-pieces B B. These are strips of cloth with rows ofeyelet-holes sewed to the front piece D, just back of the row ofeyelet-holes in edge of same. One or more of these extension-pieces maybe used, each strip being made wide enough so that its row ofeyeletholes will project beyond the overlying row, and eachextension-piece may be sewed either-to the one immediately above it, orthey may be made of such a width that one seam, b, will fasten all ofthem.

The sides of D are cut sloping inward from the points f f, near the top,to the bottom, and also sloping inward from the same points to the top.This makes the front piece wider at the top than at the bottom, with theupper corners cut off. The extension-pieces are cut to conform to theshape of the edges. The

back pieces E E are made with similar extension-pieces, but they are areonly attached to the edge of each piece which comes at the back.Extension-pieces may be attached to the side edges of the same; but Iprefer to place them at the back only, and I make them much wider thanthe extension-pieces attached to the front piece D. In this case, I canlace the row of eyelet holes a a, on one side with either a a or a c onthe other side, or a a with a a, and thus adjust the supporter to anysize that will be required.

The sides of the back pieces E E are made with the same sloping edges asthose of the front piece, sloping from the point f inward toward the topand bottom.

Elastic gorin gs A A are inserted at the sides, fitting the triangularspace below the points f f and attached to the back pieces E E. Theeyelet-holes at thesides of E, below f, are worked in the edge of theelastic goring. By this arrangement of the eyelet-holes, the upper oneson one side receding, the front piece D can be easily adjusted to thecontour of the an abdominal supporter, in the manner and for the purposeset forth.

2. The side laoings, constructed with the angular sides, substantiallyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the front piece D, back pieces E, adjustable sidelacings, elastic gorings A, and extension-pieces B, substan-- tially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the'foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ELLA MOODY BOLTON.

Witnesses:

A. J. GOULD, N. 1?. 000K.

